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<pre>public enum <span class="typeNameLabel">SessionCreationPolicy</span>
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<div class="block">Specifies the various session creation policies for Spring Security.</div>
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<th class="colFirst" scope="row"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="SessionCreationPolicy.html#ALWAYS">ALWAYS</a></span></code></th>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>static <a href="SessionCreationPolicy.html" title="enum in org.springframework.security.config.http">SessionCreationPolicy</a></code></td>
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<pre>public static final&nbsp;<a href="SessionCreationPolicy.html" title="enum in org.springframework.security.config.http">SessionCreationPolicy</a> ALWAYS</pre>
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